• Current Projects, St. Marys Catholic Church

    Posted on June 26th, 2012

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    Remembering Their Sacrifice

    Remembering Their Sacrifice

    Join the community at a candlelight memorial service as we remember the killed and wounded from the Second Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) and Battle of Ox Hill.
    8 PM Sunday evening, September 2, 2012
    Cemetery of St. Mary of Sorrows Catholic Church
    5612 Ox Road (Rte. 123)
    Fairfax Station, Virginia
    After the battles, many of the wounded were brought [...]

  • Current Projects, St. Marys Catholic Church

    Posted on May 9th, 2012

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    St. Mary of Sorrows Catholic Church

    St. Mary of Sorrows Catholic Church

    The cemetery at St. Mary of Sorrows Catholic Church in Fairfax Station predates the church being built. In 1838, two prominent Irish families, Cunninghams and Hamills, donated land in hopes of seeing a church built there. Soon community residents began to be buried on the future church property. In the 1850s the Orange and Alexandria [...]